Probably proprietary - not output from either acpi_listen nor in xev nor in /lib/udev/keymap -i input/event5 when I flip it (right/left), although it does turn on/off the front panel led for wifi, but has absolutely no effect in Linux

Volume Wheel

No

No

No

Probably proprietary (same as note on WLAN switch above - has no effect in Linux, and I don’t think alsa is going to fix/support this anytime in the near future either

see Bug #400921 linked above for details of installing "nvclock" and writing ~/.xbindkeysrc file and running xbindkeys to make brightness up/down work because this video dimming feature is not supported in gnome-power-manager and smartdimmer has bug with increasing brightness which has not yet been fixed

+F9

Increases the display brightness

0x6F

No

Untested

Yes (see note)

same as note above

+F10

Decreases volume

Yes

Yes

Yes

+F11

Increases Volume

Yes

Yes

Yes

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Key code

Works?

Bug #

Gutsy 7.10

Hardy Heron

Jaunty 9.04

Power Button

Shut down/Hibernate Unit (depends on user setting)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Media Button

Launches Media Player

0x5C

Yes

Untested

Yes (see note)

see note above for Bug #400921

Mail Button

Launches Mail Application

0xEC

Yes

Untested

Yes (see note)

see note above for Bug #400921

Reduced Power Button

Toggles Reduced Power Mode

0x67

No

Untested

Yes (see note)

see note above for Bug #400921. Additionally, you will need to bind it with "xbindkeys" to some external tool/app/script to toggle fan/cpu speed (todo)